Alaiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LYE-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #848 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #792 for girls
Alaiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 848th for girls in the UK (45 babies) and 792nd for girls in the US (343 babies).
Where does Alaiya come from?
Modern: modern spelling, probably related to Alaia or Aaliyah
Is Alaiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Alaiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 girls in the UK and 343 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alaiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #848among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 6,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the UK were named Alaiya, making it the 848th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alaiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 223 girls in the UK were given Alaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #239, up from #848 for this spelling alone.
- Alaia 178
- Alaiya 45
Among girls in 2025, it was 845th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Alaiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #848 |
| 2024 | 46 | #856 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,363 |
| 2021 | 39 | #967 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,189 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
How popular is Alaiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #792among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 343about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 343 girls in the US were named Alaiya, making it the 792nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 396 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Alaiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,943 girls in the US were given Alaiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #110, up from #792 for this spelling alone.
Alaiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 343 | #792 |
| 2024 | 282 | #935 |
| 2023 | 258 | #989 |
| 2022 | 276 | #966 |
| 2021 | 396 | #721 |
| 2020 | 350 | #778 |
| 2019 | 353 | #786 |
| 2018 | 213 | #1,145 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,464 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
Names like Alaiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Aaliyah Nusaybah Ayah Hafsa Amira Safiya Zainab Ayra Aafiyah Ruqayyah
Other spellings of Alaiya
Names related to Alaiya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alaiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alaiya, updated 20 October 2026.